https://redstate.com/soren_dayton/2012/02/26/time-to-end-caucuses-for-president/feed/Conservative News & Politicsen-usFri, 12 Jun 2026 23:24:19 -0400<![CDATA[The discussion of Republican Party rules reform is beginning in the aftermath of the catastrophe of the new rules that were created by the RNC leadership in 2010. Many people attribute the lengthening process to just the new rules, but I would argue that there are several other factors. Some of the obvious ones are the weakness of the candidate field and new campaign finance structures. It is hard to imagine how Newt Gingrich would have been able to compete in South Carolina or Rick Santorum pretty much anywhere without SuperPAC support. Their campaigns would have run out of money in previous years, and their shows would have been up.  Blaming the &#8220;proportional&#8221; rules misses the point somewhat, as none of the states that have gone yet other than Florida previously operated under winner-take-all rules.]]>Sun, 26 Feb 2012 18:12:07 -0500<![CDATA[Soren Dayton]]>https://redstate.com/soren_dayton/2012/02/26/time-to-end-caucuses-for-president-n42364